Academic Skills, PDP, and the Value of Goal Setting: A Detailed Report

This report analyzes the significance of academic skills and personal development planning (PDP) for individuals aiming to enhance their careers. It emphasizes the importance of setting short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals to facilitate personal and professional growth. The report defines personal and professional development as a continuous process of learning and growth, highlighting the value of each type of goal and providing examples such as improving communication skills, learning computer courses, and achieving financial stability. Furthermore, it underscores the role of a personal development plan as a roadmap for individuals to sharpen their skills and competencies, ultimately leading to a brighter future. The report concludes that a balanced approach to goal setting and continuous skill development is essential for academic and personal success.

Academic Skills and
PDP

INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Defination of concept of personal and professional development..............................................3
Describe thr value of short-term goals and identifying at least three examples.........................3
Describe thr value of medium-term goals and identifying at least three examples....................4
Describe thr value of long term goals and identifying at least three examples...........................6
Description of value of personal development plan....................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
APPENDIX .....................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
For every individual, it is significant to have a integrated set of academic skills so that they
can maintain their working during examination & ensure better career in their given or chosen
area. There are different types of academic skills that must be concerned by the student and it is
also important to have some specific goals in order to share these skills. These goals can be short
term goals medium- and long-term goals. Reaching to such goals, it can rightly enhance the
personal & professional development. This respective report will analyze a certain types of goals
goals and also prepare personal development plano development plan so that the individual can
maintain a current skill and improve them for their better career.
MAIN BODY
Definition of concept of personal and professional development.
Personal and professional development is defined as the ongoing continuous process that is
being necessary for learning and growth of the individual so that they can have successful career.
In order to have personal and professional development, It is needed to have some set of specific
goal, which must be listed by the person and they are continuously working on them so that they
can enhance their respective a respective skills which are needed in such goals. It is the process
which has been adopted by the individual who wants to have for future growth and better living
standards. This is a necessary aspect which help the individual to look in their work & personal
life on the same time. For enhancing a level of personal & professional development, there are
indidivual who have specific goals in which they are continuously working to ensure their
growth.
Describe the value of short-term goals and identifying at least three examples.
For reaching to the specific goal it is significant for the people by which they can work
like unstoppable in order to accomplish their appropriate results. It is vital to have goal and the
value of goal is significant because this helps in helps in giving better outcome which leads to
have personal & professional enhancement of the individual so that they can have right career
and future Growth. There are basically 3 types of goals which are being analysed by the people
that are short the medium term & long-term goal. Individual must set their goal according to

according to their integrated set of skills and needed further development. All such goals have a
specific value which help them to boost their confidence by which they can be succeeded in any
of the given field. In terms of short-term goals these are more effective to attain as these are
made view for a limited period of time so individual achieve such goals very easily by which
they can enhance their skills & competencies that may little contribute in their goal. Short term
goals are less time taking in comparison to the medium term goal so it is easy to fix & achieve
short term goals without any barrier or hurdles. People can use short term goals and they look
forward for attending long term goals and take initiatives to fulfill them. In addition to this there
are following examples of short-term goal which needs at least a month to achieve that are given
below:
Examples of short term goals:
 Better communication skills: This respective skill is helpful in the academic working
of the learner and it is important for each & every person to give more time to their
competition skills by which they can present themselves in front of other person and
needs to have better remains to them. With the help of this skill, an individual can
transfer the message to the other person without any hesitation and influence the people
for building good relationships and team working in other operations as well.
 Maintaining journal regularly: It is important to maintain a journal on regular basis
which improve a living standard of the individual and they can rightly keep update
themselves for day-to-day working or the given task that they are performing on daily
business. This also helped to maintain a specific personality of the person which also help
in aware about the task to win so that they can easily differentiate and improve their
career growth.
 Improves social interaction: This skill is very important as this is demanding for the
the culture scenario that also helps in making friends and good relation in the society in
the society and the country. Improve social interaction as helpful in making strong
network why which people can solve their problem in an appropriate manner.
Describe thr value of medium-term goals and identifying at least three examples.
Medium tumble is very valuable as it helps in maintenance of good relationship between the
long-term and long time and short-term goal. Medium term goal is a process that helped the

individual to reach to their long-term goal in an effective manner. The main aim of this goal is to
attain a target between a 1 to 5 year. This goal is also helpful in analyzing the capabilities of the
individual by which, they can write with think about their long term goal and give strength then
they can reach to the long term goal as well. Middle term-goal set by the individual enhanced the
visual presentation. they can enhance their overall working and the performance in their
academic career. If anyone if anyone attend the short term goal then it is accessible for them to
achieve the middle-term goal as well. There are certain instance about the medium term goal that
are illustrated further:
Examples of medium term goals:
 Learning computer course: It is analyzed as an example of medium term goal & it is
vital for the people to attain such hole in an effective manner by which they can develop
and learn the skills of computer beautiful and be effective in it. When the individual get
certificate then it is vital to have such skill because this is useful to prepare assignment
reports and father academic activities by which individual can ensure their future
development and academic progress. This needs access to the internet as people can use
the computer for completing the assignment and this is killer helpful for conducting
seminar conference meetings virtual presentations and events so that they can collaborate
people on a single platform with the help of computer. Appropriately one year is being
considered as a given time to achieve medium from goal.
 Learn guitar: This is the interesting skill & play a significant role significant role for
the academics of student. The main reason to learn a guitar by which they can participate
in annual fest off their college and also attend musical program of the University and can
go for active role in the theater and drama that is being conducted by the universities.
This such learning can take 8 to 14 months in which a people can rightly learn how to
cook he learned how to play a guitar and can participate in musical program in university.
 Effective leadership skills: This skill is helpful for the people so that they can maintain
coordination and cooperation among the student in the class. It is important for every
student to have the leadership quality so that, they can be future manager and leader in
their respective fields and attain higher success and growth in their academic career. This
basically takes 6 to 12 months and provide appropriate results to be effective leader the
affected leader virus they can lead a team with proper direction.

Describe thr value of long term goals and identifying at least three examples.
This is the beneficial goal, that is important for personal & professional development of
the individual and they can rightly act in their academic career as well. Basically, long term goals
can take more than 5 years and if the individual is giving their full time and dedication to the
respective goal in order to achieve them, this will help them in future career in period in a very
bright full way. The role of long term goal is playa significant role in everyone's life as this leads
to maintain up balance between personal and professional development of the individual. This
also leads to maintain people to look forward for their bright future and improvement so that they
can get their desired job. People get a beneficial result when they have more value of such goals
and basically there are 3 examples of long time gold that are given below:
Examples of long term goals:
 Get a good position in well established company: This basically contains as a most
effective long term goal that individual wants to achieve for their bright future. Getting a
desired level of job gave a satisfaction to the individual by which they can live their life
comfortably without any getting negative for the pressure on them. The main motive of
this long term goal it's to feel people's safeel free to feel safe and secure why will they
can't fulfill their dreams as well.
 Financial stable: In order to become independent, this will take more time in order to
become independent this will take more time Which comes under a long term goal that
are basically sat by the individual to have certain dependent life. The goal is helpful
which gives certain financial benefits to the people so that they can get in their future and
accomplish them in an appropriate manner.
 Management skills: This is the skill which is required for every person wireless they
can rightly manage their the today operations. By doing such operations, individual can
effectively improve their academic performance & complete a given task within a set
time frame.
Description of value of personal development plan
Personal development plan is a continuous process which help the individual like a road
map in which people analyze their further developed scales the develop skills and their current
skills so that they can achieve them for getting a good result in their career.

CONCLUSION
From the above report it is summarized that, it is vital for the person to have short term
medium term and long term-goal by which they can appropriately enhance their academic and
personal skills for have bright career. This respective report analyze a significance of personal
development plan which helped them for sharpening their skills and competencies within given
period of time.
REFERENCES
Books and Journals

APPENDIX
Skills to be developed Development Plan Target Date
Improve social interaction It is being observed by me
that I am not well while
interacting people Which
impact my academic
performance so I am looking
forward to attend a social
interaction with others.
For this I am following
various social media
platforms so media platforms
so that I can maintain a good
relationship and cling
relationship and link with the
people secondly I am
participated in group
activities as well.
By 5 June,2020
Effective leadership skills It is being observed by me as
a student that I am not good
in leadership as I am need a
ship as I'm not able to
manage the team the team
and taking appropriate
decision. It is necessary to
have such skills which can it's
which can help in academic
performance so I'm looking
forward to enhance this skill.
For this I'm taking guidance
By 7April, 2023

from my senior and
colleagues.
Management skills It is vital to have such skills
for the individual for the
future purpose so that they
can have personal and
professional development.
For this I am joining online
classes and codes which will
be beneficial for me,
Secondly, I'm following some
expert of management and
taking suggestions from
them.
By 7 April,2025